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Sunshine and Weather Changes

Learn how to describe summer, sunshine, clouds and changing weather.

1. Summer and sunshine

夏天

xià tiān

summer

太阳

tài yáng

sun / sunshine

阳光

yáng guāng

sunlight

暖和

nuǎn huo

warm

夏天有太阳,天气很暖和。

In summer there is sunshine, and the weather is warm.

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2. Weather changing

出来

chū lái

to come out

yún

cloud

zhuǎn

to change

转晴

zhuǎn qíng

to change to sunny weather

太阳出来了,天气转晴了。

The sun has come out, and the weather has changed to sunny.

云很多,但是快要转晴了。

There are many clouds, but it will soon become sunny.

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3. If, then...

如果……就……

rú guǒ...jiù...

if... then...

可能

kě néng

possible / maybe

有一天

yǒu yì tiān

one day

快要……了

kuài yào...le

soon

如果明天天气好,我就出去。

If the weather is good tomorrow, then I will go out.

可能快要下雨了。

It might rain soon.

4. Rain and rushing

tǎng

to lie down

gǎn

to catch

赶快

gǎn kuài

to hurry

湿透

shī tòu

wet through

这时候

zhè shí hou

this time

这时候下雨了,我湿透了。

At this time it rained, and I got soaked.

快要下雨了,我们赶快走吧。

It is going to rain soon, let’s hurry and go.

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夏天有太阳,天气很暖和。如果天气转晴,我就出去。可是可能快要下雨了,所以我要赶快回家。

In summer there is sunshine, and the weather is warm. If the weather becomes sunny, I will go out. But it might rain soon, so I need to hurry home.